Valur (women's football)

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Valur
Full nameKnattspyrnufélagið Valur
Nickname(s)Valsarar
GroundHlíðarendi, Reykjavík, Iceland
Capacity1,524
Head CoachPétur Pétursson
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
20211st (Champions)
WebsiteClub website

The Valur women's football team, commonly known as Valur, is the women's football department of the Valur multi-sport club. It is based in Reykjavík, Iceland, and currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top-tier women's football league in Iceland. The team plays it home games at Hlíðarendi located in Reykjavík. The team's colors are red and white.[1]

Valur has won the Icelandic championship 11 times[2] and the Icelandic Women's Cup 13 times.[3][4][5]

Recent history[]

In 2017, the team hired Pétur Pétursson as head coach. In September 2019, Valur won the national championship for the eleventh time in its history, and first time since 2010.[6]

Titles[]

  • 1978, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2021
  • 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019
  • Icelandic Women's League Cup: 5[5]
  • 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2017

Current squad[]

  • As of 20 June 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iceland ISL Sandra Sigurðardóttir
3 MF Iceland ISL
6 MF Iceland ISL
7 DF Iceland ISL Elísa Viðarsdóttir
8 MF Iceland ISL
9 FW Iceland ISL Ída Marín Hermannsdóttir
10 FW Iceland ISL Elín Metta Jensen
11 DF Iceland ISL Anna Rakel Pétursdóttir
15 MF Iceland ISL
18 DF Iceland ISL
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK Iceland ISL
21 MF Iceland ISL
22 DF Iceland ISL Dóra María Lárusdóttir
23 FW Iceland ISL
27 MF Iceland ISL Ásgerður Baldursdóttir
31 MF Iceland ISL
32 FW Iceland ISL Fanndís Friðriksdóttir
77 FW Canada CAN

References[]

  1. ^ "Valur Reykjavík". Soccerway Women. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Valur Íslandsmeistari eftir 8:1 sigur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 August 2011). "Bikardrottningin í Valsliðinu". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 30. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. ^ Ólafur Már Þórisson (22 August 2011). "Tilfinningin er yndisleg". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 4–5. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Knattspyrnudeild – Titlar" (in Icelandic). valur.is. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Ég var eiginlega hættur í fótbolta". RÚV (in Icelandic). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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